I didn't know highways could melt.....
My friend and I spent the night in the East Bay with another friend. We got up early to drive home and as we were driving home, we were detoured off the highway because of this: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=1&f=/baycitynews/archive/2007/04/29/fire29.DTL
An oil tanker exploded on the highway MELTING and collapsing a stretch of it. It's a major highway that connects the East Bay to the city. Crazy. It happened about 2 hours before we got there......Should be interesting to see how badly this backs up traffic for the next little while. It's times like these that I am glad I do not own a car out here.